To resolve this problem, edit the registry to set the value data for the Default string value in the registry keys to none:
Start Registry Editor
Locate and then click the Default value under the following keys in the registry if this problem occurs with folders:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

If the above doesn't work open regedit & goto
Hkey_classes_root, go down & select CLSID, then hit cntl+F, search for "20d04fe0". It should find {20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}, which is My Computer, expand Shell - Find - DDEEXEC - check the default & see if it equals what is on my pc [FindFolder("%L",%i)].

In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the folder you want to look at.
On the View menu, click Folder Options.
Click the View tab, and then click Show all files.
If you want to see all file name extensions, click to clear the Hide file extensions for known file types check box.

Note
To select a folder in the left pane of Windows Explorer, click the folder.

try this then: right click your desktop select properties then click the effect tab then highlight my computer icon then click change icon(don,t actually change the icon)just look at file name it should be C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE if its not add it as i typed it then click ok then apply and try again

joinaunion, his problem is that when he double clicks on the MyComputer desktop icon, it opens a Find window instead of an Explorer window. When he rt-clk on it, the Find cmnd is bold (default) instead of the Open cmnd. It has nothing to do with Showing all Files or Extentions nor the icon's graphic.

Also, do you have tweakui installed in your control panel? Open it & under the Repair tab select "Repair System Files" & reboot. If you don't have it, d/l it from cnet.com. Run the exe to extract the files to c:\temp, then rt-clk tweakui.inf & click install. Also try doing a "scanreg /fix" after booting into dos.

mimicsu i understand the problem he can see the my computer icon but when he double clicks nothing happens so as i said earlier the explorer.exe extension is missing i simply told him the exact same thing you did just a simpler way to do it thats all :)

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